Untitled

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4824, 29 November 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)

The brothers Fitzgerald continue to 9o excellent business with their circus and menagerie at Melbourne. The new attraction with the combination is strong man Panel, who is a veritable Hercules, in the extraordinary character of the feats of daring and strength which he aecomnlishes with apparent case. William Pagel (who challenged bandow without receiving any response) is a athlete who has yet to come to iiis full powers. "I vas a strong schild," ho savs with a slight foreign accent, “and I am a strong man—und growing stronger; I cannot, help it. t increase my veights as my strength comes to me." He has never endeavoured to perfect his strength by means of any system. Page! is a native of Pomerania, on tho Baltic. His father and mother were big people, and all his brothers were powerful men. He is a blacksmith by trade, and finding that be possessed more than average strength has determined to give public exhibitions. He lifts heavyweights equal to the record, and rivals all that Sandow has done. He puts up a 2.j61b dumb-bell with one hand, and plays with n 2001 b. one on each end of which a man is seated. ' He supports on his arched body a - -1 tCai.4 \ IE ■weight equal to IScwt./carries a w hand? 3 inches hiph between ttfo ladders, and does a sensational and dan porous feat with a yonner lion. Altogether it is a thrilling exhibition.